12-Year-Old Twins Create Care Packages For Girls In Need

Twin sisters from Montgomery, Alabama are on a mission to help young girls in need. In celebration of their birthday, 12-year-olds Breanna and Brooke Bennett launched an initiative designed to provide care packages that include hygiene products for girls their age, WSFA 12 reported.

The twins joined forces with an organization named Women in Training to bring the project to fruition. The nonprofit—which leads initiatives and programs that support underserved girls and young women—assisted the sisters with distributing the care kits. The packages, dubbed WIT KITS, featured feminine hygiene products, shampoo and conditioners, deodorant, body washes and other toiletries.

“It’s very important that women and girls receive the products that they need,” said Khadidah Stone, who is helping the girls lead the initiative. “We’re really excited to start our first project where the items will be given to girls in a youth group.” The organization’s leadership team is humbled by Breanna and Brooke’s generosity and believe that their contributions will make a huge impact. “These young ladies have selflessly chosen to celebrate their birthday fulfilling a need of others whom they may never know. What an awesome demonstration of love and sisterhood!,” Samantha H. Reeves, President and Chair of the Women in Training Board of Directors said in a statement.

Initiatives like the one being led by the twins are needed. The lack of access to affordable feminine care products is impacting the education of girls and women both nationally and globally. According to research released by the feminine hygiene product company Always, one in five girls in the U.S. misses school during their menstrual cycle because they can’t afford sanitary products. In Sub-Saharan Africa, one in 10 girls misses school due to the same reason.

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🗣 REMEMBER WHO/WHAT THE ENEMY IS❗️Dr. Michael Eric Dyson hit the nail on the head. Let the plan unveil from the Jay Z & NFL partnership before picking sides & pitting him & Colin Kaepernick against each other. The strategies can be different as long as the goal remains the same. pic.twitter.com/jvNqIXbtiL

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Beyond Kneeling? Celebrities Who Support Jay-Z Partnering With The NFL

Jay-Z has been in a media firestorm ever since the rapper announced his new business partnership with the NFL. The Brooklyn native met with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who was accused of actively working to prevent Colin Kaepernick from being in the NFL, and said he thought people should move beyond kneeling toward "actionable items." Now it is being reported that the rapper will be part owner of an NFL team.
Several people have blasted Jay-Z like Shaun King, Jemele Hill and Carolinas Panthers Safety Eric Reid, who is still kneeling. However, there are some folks who still have Jay's back.
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In case you missed it, TMZ reported that "Sources connected to Jay and with direct knowledge tell us ... Jay is going to have a 'significant ownership interest' in an NFL team. As for which team ... we're not being told, but we are told 'it is going to happen in the near future.'"
Allegedly, he has wanted to become a part-owner "because he's a huge fan, already has a sports business and wants to continue to be a change agent for the NFL."
However, the site also claims he cannot manage players, "Jay is not an NFL agent and does not take part in the operations of the NFL players in Roc Nation."
Reid blasted the rapper and the move.
“Jay-Z claimed to be a supporter of Colin, wore his jersey, told people not to perform at the Super Bowl because of the treatment the NFL did to Colin," Reid said. "And now he’s going to be a part-owner ... It’s kind of despicable."
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He continued: "He's capitalized on this situation. Nobody to my knowledge talked about social justice before Colin started protesting. That was not a topic of the NFL off the field. For Jay-Z to come in and partner to address social justice, do it behind Colin's back, get paid to do it ... I don't have words."
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On Wednesday, Kaepernick marked the third year of his kneeling protest during the playing of the national anthem with a social media post of his own saying in no uncertain terms that he would continue “to work and stand with the people in our fight for liberation, despite those who are trying to erase the movement!"
See the post below:
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Scroll down to see some of Jay-Z's supporters below.